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Encyclopedia WinterCampica - Geography Bee
The Winter Camp XLII Olympics continued on Day Three with the Geography Bee, contested by three countries. The match was run in Jeopardy! format, with Ethan Rein of BRANNES as event organizer and Mark Bollman--> of the PDCRNA serving as question writer and official with some question ideas by Steve Donohue of BRANNES.
The Bee was conducted as a relay, with each nation putting up a competitor who rotated to the back of the line after ringing in on a question, no matter the result. The game diverged from standard Jeopardy! rules in that the game's host selected the order of the answers rather than allowing the team which had produced the correct question to control the board. Round 1 included the categories of North America, South America, World Capitals, Asia, Islands, and Summer Olympic Hosts. John Ferencz successfully fielded the one Daily Double for Grand Fenwick, who jumped out to a large halftime lead with $6600, ahead of North Australiastans $1800 and BRANNES with $1400.
In the second round, fortunes diverged sharply. While North Australiastan held steady in second place at $5400, BRANNES spiraled ever downward en route to a final score of -$7000, eliminating them from the final question. Grand Fenwick bet conservatively on both Daily Doubles with Brian Maghran at the buzzer, and ended the round with $16,800. The categories for Round Two were U.S. Capitals, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Fictional Geography, and Winter Olympic Hosts.
The final Showdown allowed each team to collaborate on the question in the category U.S.A. To the answer "The four states that meet at a single point in the southwestern U.S.", both nations correctly identified Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. North Australiastan doubled their money, to $10,800, but it was not enough to topple the uncatchable men of Grand Fenwick, who bet only $100 to take the gold medal with $16,900.
Entry Created: 01/15/2018 Last Update: 01/01/2021
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